Hamza Hamouchene

Hamza Hamouchene is an Algerian campaigner, writer, researcher, and a founding member of the London-based Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC), and Environmental Justice North Africa (EJNA). He previously worked for Global Justice Now and Platform on issues of climate, food, trade and energy justice. His writings have appeared in the Guardian,Counterpunch, New Internationalist, Red Pepper,Jadaliyya, openDemocracy, Pambazuka, and the Huffington Post.

Looking back, looking forward: inheriting the revolutions of the ‘Arab Spring’

To mark the tenth anniversary of the ‘Arab Spring’, the Transnational Institute has produced a dossier documenting and reflecting on a decade of struggle

By Hamza Hamouchene and Miriyam Aouragh

/ 27 Oct 2021

Looking back, looking forward: inheriting the revolutions of the ‘Arab Spring’

Extractivism and resistance in North Africa

Should we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these fundamentally anti-systemic?

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 21 Nov 2019

Extractivism and resistance in North Africa

Algeria in revolt: “We woke up and you will pay!”

The abdication of President Bouteflika is a historic victory for the Algerian people — but the struggle for a true democratic transition is far from over.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 12 Apr 2019

Algeria in revolt: “We woke up and you will pay!”

Paradises of the earth: activism and film production

Hamza Hamouchene, producer of the groundbreaking web documentary Paradises of the Earth, talks about the reasons that led him to embark on this amazing project.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 16 Nov 2017

Another case of energy colonialism: Tunisia’s Tunur solar project

The unrestricted flow of cheap natural resources from the global south to the rich industrialized north, maintains a profoundly unjust international division of labour.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 9 Sep 2017

Statement of solidarity with the protests in Northern Morocco

A coalition of North African organisations issued a solidarity statement with the protest movement in the Rif region in northern Morocco within the context of regional upheavals.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 19 Jul 2017

Charter of the North African network for food sovereignty

Activists from anti-capitalist militant organizations in North Africa have met in Tunis on July 4-5, 2017 to set up the North African Network for Food Sovereignty.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 12 Jul 2017

Jemna in Tunisia: an inspiring land struggle in North Africa

Jemna is a beacon of hope for a Tunisia and needs to be supported, celebrated and emulated for the sake of its people and for our sake.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 13 Apr 2017

Reflections on Western Sahara's struggle for self-determination

Some reflections about the Sahrawi struggle for self determination on the 41st anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 27 Feb 2017

Fighting for climate/environmental justice in the Maghreb

Environmental problems need to be analysed in a comprehensive way with consideration to social justice, entitlements and fair redistribution.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 6 Sep 2016

Kerkennah: on the frontline of resistance to the fossil fuel industry in Tunisia

The effects of climate change and neoliberalism converge in Kerkennah in the worst possible way – but the islands are fighting back.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 4 Jun 2016

The wretched of the sea: an Algerian perspective

The securitisation of immigration control has failed to solve the migrant crisis because it ignores the root cause: a global system that puts profits before people.

By Hamza Hamouchene

/ 19 May 2015